University Computer Help Desk

Configuring LDAP Directory Service Lookup in Address Book in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.4

Configure Address Book to use the University's LDAP electronic people directory.

Before You Begin

Configure the Mac OS X Address Book to use the University's LDAP people directory. You can then use Address Book to search for people at Illinois State University.

These instructions are for Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.4. If you do not know what version of Mac OS X your computer is running follow these instructions, 1005: Determining the version of Mac OS X.

Configure LDAP in Address Book

To configure Address Book in Mac OS X 10.5 or Mac OS X 10.4 to use Illinois State's LDAP Directory Service settings, do the following:

  1. Open Address Book. It is located in the Dock or in the Applications folder on the hard drive.
  2. Click Address Book > Preferences…
  3. Click the + (plus) button.
  4. Click the LDAP tab.
  5. Enter the following information:
    • Name: ISU LDAP
    • Server: dspublic.ilstu.edu
    • Search Base: ou=People, o=IllinoisState, dc=ILSTU, dc=EDU
    • Port: 389
    • In the Authentication area, leave the User name and Password fields empty.
    • Click Save to save your LDAP settings.

Address Book is now configured to search the University’s LDAP server.